Friday Computerworld.com reported that 7 malware apps were being sold in the Android Market. They play host to Android.Counterclank, a variant of Android.Tonclank Android Trojan. The apps were still in the Android Market on Friday. They are:

Declan Mcullagh of CNET reports that Android also collects user data. This is similar to the complaint against Apple's iPhone and iPad last week. Google claims there is no user identifying data sent, but that isn't true, strictly speaking.

Intel completes Light Peak
According to Electronista.com Intel has completed work on it's Light Peak technology. Light Peak is ultimately an optical communications protocol, but to bring it to market faster the initial offering uses copper cables. It currently has a top transfer rate of 10Gb/s, which according to Intel will transfer a full Blu-Ray movie in under 30 seconds.

Apple has announced that the iPad will available from both AT&T and Verizon stores on October 28th. The AT&T offering will be the standard selection, but Verison will only offer the iPad Wi-fi bundled with Verizons MiFi hotspot:

In his NYT column yesterday, David Pogue reviewed the offering of a company called Square. Their product is a sweet software/hardware combo that allows anyone to accept credit card payments on their iPod, iPhone, Ipad, or Android phone. And do it at a reasonable cost.

Bit Systems has created S.N.A.P. the Social Network Analyzer for Privacy. It's something like reclaimprivacy.org, but for your phone. It analyzes your privacy settings on Facebook and lets you know how public you're really being. The app is free from the iTunes App store, so if you have iOS 4, download it, go to Facebook and check your privacy settings. See how you're doing and how much you're revealing about yourself to the world.